Article of manufacture making system

Abstract

An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture comprising a plurality of dry solid additives selected from the group consisting of fibers, particulates, and mixtures thereof, the article of manufacture making system comprising a dry solid additive delivery system comprising one or more dry solid additive inlets and one or more dry solid additive outlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets is intimately associated with at least one dry solid additive source that supplies dry solid additives to the at least one dry solid additive inlet wherein the dry solid additives are conveyed through the dry solid additive delivery system from at least one of the dry solid additive inlets to at least one of the dry solid additive outlets from which the dry solid additives are formed into an article of manufacture, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is intimately associated with the article of manufacture, wherein one or more prime movers are located between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets;
 wherein the one or more prime movers have an outlet and the CD dimension of the one or more prime movers outlet is greater than the CD dimension of at least one of the dry solid additive inlets; 
 wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 2000 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets. 
 
     
     
       2. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein the dry solid additive delivery system comprises a plurality of dry solid additive inlets. 
     
     
       3. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein at least one of the prime movers is an eductor. 
     
     
       4. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein the number of dry solid additive sources is greater than the number of prime movers in the article of manufacture making system. 
     
     
       5. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein the number of prime movers is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources in the article of manufacture making system. 
     
     
       6. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein the dry solid additive delivery system comprises from 0 to less than 1000 cross flow members between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and one of the dry solid additive outlets. 
     
     
       7. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets exhibits a cross machine direction (CD) dimension that is greater than at least one of the dry solid additive inlets' CD dimension. 
     
     
       8. The article of manufacture making system according to  claim 1  wherein the number of dry solid additive outlets is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources in the article of manufacture making system. 
     
     
       9. An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture comprising a plurality of dry solid additives selected from the group consisting of fibers, particulates, and mixtures thereof, the article of manufacture making system comprising a dry solid additive delivery system comprising one or more dry solid additive inlets and one or more dry solid additive outlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets is intimately associated with at least one dry solid additive source that supplies dry solid additives to the at least one dry solid additive inlet wherein the dry solid additives are conveyed through the dry solid additive delivery system from at least one of the dry solid additive inlets to at least one of the dry solid additive outlets from which the dry solid additives are formed into an article of manufacture, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is intimately associated with the article of manufacture, wherein one or more prime movers are located between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets;
 wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 2000 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets. 
 
     
     
       10. An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture comprising a plurality of dry solid additives selected from the group consisting of fibers, particulates, and mixtures thereof, the article of manufacture making system comprising a dry solid additive delivery system comprising one or more dry solid additive inlets, one or more dry solid additive outlets, and one or more prime movers, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets is intimately associated with at least one dry solid additive source that supplies dry solid additives to the at least one dry solid additive inlet wherein the dry solid additives are conveyed through the dry solid additive delivery system from at least one of the dry solid additive inlets to at least one of the dry solid additive outlets from which the dry solid additives are formed into an article of manufacture, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is intimately associated with the article of manufacture;
 wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 2000 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets.